Coventry City fan’s best chance of getting Sisu to sell the club is to support the team, according to former Crystal Palace owner Simon Jordan.

The former Eagles chief, who ran Palace from 2000 when he became the youngest ever owner of a professional club, said the London hedge fund would be unlikely to leave while losses were an issue - and a successful team could be the key to Sisu leaving.

He told fans they needed to try to support the club regardless of their feelings towards the owners, and that there were buyers who would be interested in taking over at Coventry City .

Mr Jordan is well qualified to analyse the situation at CCFC and has written a book on his time in football club ownership entitled ‘ Be careful what you wish for ’.

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Mr Jordan said: “The only way you are going to get your club back is if the club goes back into administration, faces potential liquidation, comes out the other side in non-league.

“Or if Sisu manage by some turn of fate to get the club further up the pyramid and find an exit strategy that brings in owners who have a better understanding of football and a better understanding of Coventry City than the current ones.

“It would seem to me, somehow, the fans and the owners have got to come together. It sounds idealistic, but it may give Coventry a chance to bring back some of the halcyon days like winning the FA Cup.

“The problem with a hedge fund is they look after other people’s money. They have made an investment in a football club and they are in it now.

“The difficulty is they can’t get out of it, and if they do get out of it they have to book a vast loss.

“The fact they’re not having to book a loss right now because it’s still a going concern is probably one of the reasons they keep holding onto this club. They’re waiting for these losses to become less of a problem to the hedge fund, ultimately that loss cannot be crystallised.”